Lot 114
WILLIAM HENRY HAMILTON TROOD (BRITISH 1848-1899)
PORTRAIT OF PAMPA, ARGENTINA
Auction: 29 March 2014 at 10:00 GMT
£875
Description
Signed and dated 1890, oil on canvas
Dimensions
46cm x 61cm (18in x 24in)
Footnote
Note: Pampa belonged to Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, the Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer. He lived with Gauchos in Argentina for a time, where he remains something of a folk hero there to this day. This painting comes directly from Graham's descendants.